A judge asked whether he understood his rights and the charges against him. Kimrey said he did. The judge also told Kimrey an attorney has been appointed to represent him, but that he has the right to hire his own attorney if he wishes to.

Neither the defense nor the prosecution moved to alter Kimrey’s bond, which was set by a magistrate at $1,010,000.

“She touched everybody. Not just North Carolina, but everybody, and because of that she ended up becoming everybody’s child. She was our child,” said Onslow County resident Bonnie Fuleki.

Arrest warrants obtained by CBS North Carolina report Kimrey, who was Wood’s mom’s live-in boyfriend, obstructed justice by, ”removing Mariah Woods’ body from the scene of her death and did conceal Mariah Woods’ death and body, knowing that Mariah Woods died from unnatural causes. The defendant acted with deceit and intent to fraud.”

In the warrants, officials claim Kimrey “secretly disposed of the dead child’s body.”

Additionally, records say Kimrey broke into a home on High Hill Road and stole two dressers around the time of the toddler’s disappearance.

Woods’ body was found in a creek in Pender County on Saturday.

Kimrey will make his first appearance this morning. Authorities said further charges are possible.